Chapter 91, 15 verses
Waalshshamsi waduhaha
By the Sun and his (glorious) splendour;
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the sun and his brightness,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والشمس وضحاها
Waalqamari itha talaha
By the Moon as she follows him;
And the moon when she followeth him,
والقمر إذا تلاها
Waalnnahari itha jallaha
By the Day as it shows up (the Sun's) glory;
And the day when it revealeth him,
والنهار إذا جلاها
Waallayli itha yaghshaha
By the Night as it conceals it;
And the night when it enshroudeth him,
والليل إذا يغشاها
Waalssamai wama banaha
By the Firmament and its (wonderful) structure;
And the heaven and Him Who built it,
والسماء وما بناها
Waalardi wama tahaha
By the Earth and its (wide) expanse:
And the earth and Him Who spread it,
والأرض وما طحاها
Wanafsin wama sawwaha
By the Soul, and the proportion and order given to it;
And a soul and Him Who perfected it
ونفس وما سواها
Faalhamaha fujooraha wataqwaha
And its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right; -
And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.
فألهمها فجورها وتقواها
Qad aflaha man zakkaha
Truly he succeeds that purifies it,
He is indeed who causeth it to grow,
قد أفلح من زكاها
Waqad khaba man dassaha
And he fails that corrupts it!
And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it.
وقد خاب من دساها
Kaththabat thamoodu bitaghwaha
The Thamud (people) rejected (their prophet) through their inordinate wrong - doing,
(The tribe of) Thamud denied (the truth) in their rebellious pride,
كذبت ثمود بطغواها
Ithi inbaAAatha ashqaha
Behold, the most wicked man among them was deputed (for impiety).
When the basest of them broke forth
إذ انبعث أشقاها
Faqala lahum rasoolu Allahi naqata Allahi wasuqyaha
But the Messenger of Allah said to them: "It is a She - camel of Allah! And (bar her not from) having her drink!"
And the messenger of Allah said: It is the she - camel of Allah, so let her drink!
فقال لهم رسول الله ناقة الله وسقياها
Fakaththaboohu faAAaqarooha fadamdama AAalayhim rabbuhum bithanbihim fasawwaha
Then they rejected him (as a false prophet), and they hamstrung her. So their Lord, on account of their crime, obliterated their traces and made them equal (in destruction, high and low)!
But they denied him, and they hamstrung her, so Allah doomed them for their sin and rased (their dwellings).
فكذبوه فعقروها فدمدم عليهم ربهم بذنبهم فسواها
Wala yakhafu AAuqbaha
And for Him is no fear of its consequences.
He dreadeth not the sequel (of events).
ولا يخاف عقباها